NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Suborbital
Success

Galactic 01

Launch Time
Thu Jun 29, 2023 15:28 UTC

Rocket

SpaceShipTwo
Image Credit: Virgin Galactic
Virgin Galactic
Status: Retired
Payload to LEO: 0 kg
Payload to GTO: 0 kg
Stages: 1
Strap-ons: 0

Vehicles

Spaceport America

VSS Unity

Flight #11
35 day turnaround

Mission Details

Galactic 01

The Galactic 01 mission (formerly known as Unity 23) was Virgin Galactic's fifth crewed spaceflight and SpaceShipTwo's first commercial mission. It is a research mission for the Italian Air Force. The crew consisted of pilots Frederick Sturckow and Michael Masucci as well as crew members Beth Moses, Walter Villadei, Angelo Landolfi, and Pantaleone Carlucci.

Suborbital

Location

VMS Eve, Spaceport America, New Mexico, USA

Stats

SpaceShipTwo

15th mission
3rd mission of 2023
13th successful mission
5th consecutive successful mission